4 km away from Janpath to the N-East of Feroz Shah near Delhi Gate at Ring Rd on the bank of Jamuna situated Rajghat. Jawaharlal Nehru Rd also ends opp. Rajghat. On 31st Jan. 1948, Mahatma Gandhi's last rites was performed here. The memorial stone of Gandhi is square in shape made of black stone. His last ward- 'Hey Ram' is inscribed on it.
Ordinary people, VIPs, foreign tourists all come here at Rajghat to pay their homage to him. On every Friday (the day of his death) a prayer is being held. Except Monday, a regular feature of projecting Gandhi philosophy in picture, sculpture and photos from 10-00 to 17-00 is being performed at Rajghat. Besides, there is Gandhi Memorial Museum projecting his life and the philosophy of Sarvodaya Movement in film from 9-30 to 17-30 except Thursday and on Sunday at 16-00 in Hindi and 17-00 in English.
Another Gandhi memorial is Gandhi Balidansthal or assassinated spot at Tis January Marg of the city. On 30 Jan. 1948 on his way to prayer at Biral Bhawan , he was assassinated by bullets. Hence, this memorial.     
 

It is situated between Rajghat and Santiban commemorating the death of Indira Gandhi on 31 Oct 1984 and her last rites was performed on 3rd Nov, 1984. The tomb on her funeral spot is made of grey-red monolithic stone.

It is founded in memoriam of Rajiv Gandhi. He was assassinated at Perumbudur 40 km away from Chennai at 10 pm on 21 May 1991. His last rites was performed on 24 May here.
 

This is the tomb of 2nd Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. After the Indo-Pak was of 1965. Shastriji went to Taskhand in Russia on peace mission. In 1966 his last rites was performed here.
 

It was the official residence of Jawaharlal Nehru when he was the Prime Minister and after his death it was converted into a museum. Through pictures and other literature, the various facets of the life of Pandit Nehru have been shown.
 

It was built in memoriam of 5th Prime Minister Charan Singh at a distance of Rajghat on the bank of Jamuna. The last rites of this leader were performed on 31 May 1987. Opp Rajghat on Ring Rd on the Jamuna, Babu Jag Jivan Ram was cremated. A sculpture has been built there founded in memorium.
All five sculptures are built side by side. Delhi tourists may pay their visit. At its close, there is a park full of trees planted by world VIPs visiting India as state guest in different times since independence. A pleasant site for evening walks.
 

Situated due west of Connaught Place, this garish modern temple was erected by the industrialist BD Birla in 1938. Its's dedicated to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and good fortune, and is commonly known as Birla Mandir. Built in Orissan style, the temple is a fine example of modern Indian architecture.

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